Word: legging
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There is the elaborate sight gag: Clouseau exits from the wrong door of a plane and gets carried out with the luggage. The Malapropism: "You are pushing my leg." The convoluted scheme: a gang of thieves disguise themselves in Clouseau masks to enter Swiss banks. The third time round, however, the mixture is flat and tasteless. Bud Yorkin's slovenly direction makes the film look as if every expense had been spared, trapping Arkin in a farce of habit that will probably retire Clouseau to oblivion -one picture too late...
...year. If Bob Gibson talks tough, though, he pitches even tougher. At 32, he has been around the majors for nine years, winning 20 games in 1965 and 21 in 1966. He was headed for an other 20-victory season last year when a line drive broke his left leg and put him out of action for six weeks. Neither that injury, nor a chronic soreness in his right arm, prevented Gibson from playing the hero's role in last year's World Series against the Boston Red Sox. In an amazing show of strength and stamina...
Like most shows on the first leg of the road, this one carries excess baggage. Several of Drake's songs--"Just for Today," "In Vino Veritas," "Let Me Lead the Way," "The Things We Think We Are," and "The Parable of the Monkey"--have nothing going for them and should be ditched on that count. The first is corny, the second ludicrous, the third irrelevant, the fourth bad, and the fifth incomprehensible. By way of compensation, I'd suggest that if ever a name deserved to light a lyric, "Ftatateeta" does; that Caesar and Rufio might voice their contradictory opinions...
When a collapsing staircase left him with a broken leg, a Boston furniture mover sued the owner of the building for $35,000. After each side presented its case, the attorney for the building owner complained that the moving man had come nowhere near justifying his claim. Superior Court Judge Reuben Lurie agreed, and he upheld a motion asking for a directed verdict in favor of the defendant. Under Massachusetts law, there was only one formality left. The clerk intoned: "Mr. Foreman and members of the jury, hearken to your verdict. The jury finds for the defendant by order...
...wedding as an honored guest. Though the Americans are a familiar sight in many villages by now (their periodic patrols usually include medics, who treat the villagers), the children always look in awe and delight at the foreign giants, occasionally sneaking up to touch with wonder a hairy leg...